Happiness May Be The Key to Productivity

What makes a company one of the “Best Places To Work”? The metrics used to compile these lists will do their best to quantify a variety of intangibles, but we’ll focus for now on the concept of happiness. A corporate fruit delivery service can lead to a happier, more productive workplace.

HAPPY STAFFERS BOOST THE BOTTOM LINE

Studies have verified and quantified the link between employee happiness and productivity. One such study was conducted by the UK’s Social Market Foundation. In this experiment, tests were devised to increase the happiness of participants, with everything from presentations of comedy clips to providing snacks, including fresh fruit. Productivity increased an average of 12%, and the snacks, in particular, were even more effective. Therefore, companies can achieve this for very little money as well.

FRESH FRUIT: A FLAVORFUL KEY TO HAPPINESS

It is certainly true that one feels better after eating fruits and vegetables
because we know we’ve made a healthy choice. But there’s a more direct correlation than that. Multiple studies have linked fruit consumption with happiness. This exhaustive study published in the American Journal of Public Health utilized 12,000 participants. It examined the correlation between fruit and vegetable consumption and an individual’s feeling of well-being and happiness. The study found that “Increased fruit and vegetable consumption was predictive of increased happiness, life satisfaction, and well-being.”

HAPPINESS DELIVERED TO YOUR OFFICE

ORCHARD At The OFFICE is the largest and best source of fresh fruit to offices, as that’s all they do. They’re Texas-based and will work with you to determine how to best supply your staff with the fresh fruit they need to keep everybody happy. With a variety of products, they can work within any budget.

Maybe you’re an office of ten. There’s a small basket of 25 pieces of fruit happiness boosts productivityincluding the ever-popular clementines that would be ideal for you.  If you’re a large organization, with a hundred or more on-site, you’ll find many options available. You can get nearly 200 pieces of premium-quality fruit including bananas, apples, citrus, pears, and seasonal items, all for roughly 65 cents apiece. That’s a value that fits into nearly every budget! Additionally, the returns in morale and productivity are measurable and substantial.

Ultimately, happiness is a self-fulfilling prophecy. While none of us can make each other happy, we can make small gestures to improve the conditions of one another. Sometimes it’s as simple as the ability to say, “There’s some fresh fruit in the break room!”

Our Willow Baskets


Presentation is a vital component of the ORCHARD At The OFFICE fruit delivery service. We “eat with our eyes” and so we do our best to make sure the fruit is attractive as well as delicious, and that it comes artfully-arranged in our fabulous willow baskets sourced from a Top Secret location.

Willow basketLao Tzu said “shape clay into a vessel; it is the space within that makes it useful.” So it is with our baskets. Form must follow function, and you can’t spell function without fun! So we fill our baskets with edible smiles: bananas, apples, oranges, clementines, pears, peaches, plums…everything an office desires to stay healthy and happy!Fresh fruit in willow basket When the baskets are empty, we retrieve them from our customers so that they can get limitless opportunities to provide happiness to businesses throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and Greater Houston.

One week, they might be used to deliver fresh fruit to an accounting office in North Dallas…

Making delivery in willow basket…and the next, they might be providing healthy snack alternatives to a software development firm in Sugar Land or Houston. Reusing our willow baskets is part of our commitment to reducing waste. Avoiding single-use cardboard boxes is better for the environment!

Whenever you see the signature willow basket, you can be assured that the fruit inside is guaranteed to be fresh and delicious!Willow basket at meeting

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Nature Nate’s Raw Honey

nature nates raw honey office

Nature Nate’s Raw Honey packs are the perfect addition to your office fruit delivery! They’re the ideal complement to bananas, peaches, and apple slices. Simply squeeze a bit on with each bite! They’re also perfect for those who like to enjoy oatmeal or tea at the office. Additionally, they’re great for infused water with a squeeze of lemon or lime.

As an addition to our Best of the Best (pictured above) or supplement to our bulk offerings, Nature Nate’s Raw Honey packs that extra punch of flavor that will thrill your staff and keep them working happy and healthy all day long!

Delicious Raw Honey

Nature Nate’s is local – they’re on a farm in McKinney! – and they’re wholly committed to the idea of purity. They keep it real via an all-natural process without pasteurization which ensures that the flavor and nutritional content of the honey is as it was upon creation. For ORCHARD At The OFFICE, being able to offer individual packs of this delicious product as part of our add-on specialties is a testament to the value of partnership. Everybody wins!

The Perfect Complement

So, if you’re a fan of honey as well as fresh fruit such as bananas, plums, apples, pears, nectarines, peaches, and citrus fruits, contact us at 972-295-9091!  Whether you are looking for regular fruit delivery to your break room or board room, or you’re having a special event such as a training session or health fair, we are your go-to office fruit delivery specialist in DFW and Greater Houston! With no contracts and easy payment terms, we make healthy snacking simple. Check out our product selections, sign up online…and LIVE WELL!

Nature Nate's Raw Honey
Delicious water infusion with Nature Nate’s Raw Honey and a squeeze of lemon or lime

DBJ Healthiest Employers Event

Happy office workers
A misty Thursday morning provided a healthy contrast to the burst of color we brought to the Hyatt Regency Dallas.

Despite low-hanging clouds, our spirits were high on Thursday, March 10, 2016, as we pulled into the loading dock of the Hyatt Regency Dallas.  The Jeep was laden with a delectable display of fresh fruit. It was the morning of the Dallas Business Journal’s “Healthiest Employers in North Texas 2016”, an annual event for those invested in corporate wellness. Companies can mingle and display their wares before a luncheon awarding the businesses that have gone to the greatest lengths to champion the cause of office fitness.

As we got to our display table,  Chief Banana, Kevin Long, worked with Michelle to arrange our assortment of edible delights as I surveyed the scene.

Michelle, Kevin, and Chris give the thumbs up to happy, healthy office fruit delivery in Dallas!
Michelle, Kevin, and Chris give the thumbs up to happy, healthy office fruit delivery in Dallas!

SETTING THE TABLE

Prior to founding ORCHARD At The OFFICE, Kevin was a creative director with a background in graphic design. While Michelle works for us in the day, her career is that of hair and makeup artist of the highest caliber. As they arranged wooden bowls piled high with our finest offerings, their eyes were sharply attuned to the slightest artistic detail. I reviewed our marketing materials and started the process of networking with future friends and partners in healthy living. Knowing that we would be debuting our organic options at this event, I wanted to make sure that I had my own talking points in order.

FRUIT SELLS ITSELF

As the Marketing Wiseapple, I sometimes feel I have the easiest job in the organization. One needn’t work overly hard to sell fresh fruit at people. Indeed, it sells itself. “Would you like a banana?” “Yes, please!” Office fruit delivery is a great idea that works. However, not just anyone can do it. It takes expertise to seek out top quality produce, deliver it in a timely manner in attractive and eco-friendly packaging, and provide top-notch customer service.

Winners are announced over lunch for the Dallas Business Journal’s 2016 Healthiest Employers in North Texas.

AND THE WINNERS ARE…

The actual lunch was a lovely, if somewhat muted affair.  As one by one the top 40 employers were counted down, recipients came forward to receive a trophy of engraved crystal. ORCHARD At The OFFICE found itself applauding quite a bit as nearly half the award recipients currently subscribe to our office fruit delivery service! Winners represented a healthy cross-section of Dallas industries, from hospitals and healthcare to commercial real estate. (I won’t spoil the surprise by listing the winners here, but you can read the Dallas Business Journal article here.)

Michelle and Linda, one of our most enthusiastic customers, take a moment to chat.

What gives us the opportunity to provide our service to so many of these organizations? To me, the keyword is personalization. As a service provider, we want to be as unobtrusive as possible, like an efficient waiter at your favorite restaurant. However, we pride ourselves in making sure that there’s a personal connection with our friends. People like knowing that if you send an e-mail to getfruit@orchardattheoffice.com, it will be read promptly. For us, “customer care” is neither a slogan nor a platitude; it is a commitment and a promise.

UNTIL NEXT YEAR

As the event drew to a close, we took the opportunity to express our gratitude to those in attendance and those who made such a nice event possible. We’d like to do so here again by congratulating the awardees and thanking the Dallas Business Journal for hosting. We look forward to seeing you all at next year’s event, and in the meantime, we encourage all of you to LIVE WELL!

LIVE WELL!

Office fruit delivery for previous Artizone customers

We here at ORCHARD At The OFFICE were surprised to learn of the decision by grocery delivery service Artizone to close its electronic doors. While their forte was primarily home delivery and their offerings would run the gamut from produce to meats and cheeses, they were still a company who would at times also do office fruit delivery. As such, we regarded them as fellows in providing wellness to businesses in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

The sudden stoppage of deliveries by Artizone means many Metroplex offices may be seeking out a new source for their healthy snack alternatives. ORCHARD At The OFFICE will be glad to work with you to provide service and customer care at a level that exceeds your expectations. Contact us today and we’ll ensure there’s no interruption to your office fruit delivery service. You can also reach out by calling 972.295.9091 or sending an e-mail to getfruit@orchardattheoffice.com. There are no contracts, so you can try us out without commitment, and we guarantee all our deliveries.

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